humoresque
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The film's two main characters retain their sanity the way men have always done in the shadow of death, with a gallows humoresque.
From Time Magazine Archive
But think of a lively and humoresque clock that does not tick and takes only an hour to record a day.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel
It is written in the limited Chinese scale, with harmonies of our school; and is a humoresque of such catchiness that it has pervaded even London and Paris.
A suite for four hands, "In Summer Fields," contains some happy manifestations of ability, such as "A June Roundelay," "The Dryad's Grove," and, especially, a humoresque "Junketing," which is surely destined to become a classic.
The "Melody and Intermezzo" of opus 20 makes a sprightly humoresque.
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